COLWYN BAY will take on last season’s FA Cup sensations Chasetown in the first qualifying round of the FA Trophy.

The BGB Midlands Division side reached the third round of the FA Cup, beating Port Vale in a replay in the previous round, before going out to eventual Wembley finalists Cardiff City.

"Its a tie that hopefully will create a lot of interest," said managing director Darren Cartwright.

The Midlands club are reported to have made around £200,000 from their cup run.

Colwyn Bay also have the chance of an attractive home tie against Witton Albion in the first qualifying round of the FA Cup, if they can get past an away tie at Bamber Bridge in the preliminary round.

"You are always looking for a home tie in the cups and Witton would be a great tie for us. I know we have to beat Bamber Bridge first, but they won’t be happy being drawn again us," said assistant manager Paul Ogden.

This week the Seagulls have agreed a fee with Unibond Premier side Marine for the sale of winger John Lawless who was still under contract after scoring 17 goals for the Seagulls last season.

That money will help towards the fee agreed with Ashton United for the signing of Dean Canning.

That has delighted manager Steve Pope, who said: "He is such an exciting player. He can rip teams apart on his own. He’s one of those players you just feed the ball to and let him do the damage.

"He can play on either wing or down the middle and is very versatile.

"A few clubs have made him very good offers, but he liked what Oggie (Paul Ogden) and I had to say and he loves the ambition of the club."

The manager, however, is disappointed to have lost Kyle Armstrong to Burscough this week.

"It’s a big loss to us. He came training on Saturday and was the fittest man in the squad. I think he could have done really well for us, but that’s football. I understand why he wants to go. Burscough are two divisions higher, they are on his doorstep and obviously he’s got a better financial deal from them; good luck to him," he said.

Meanwhile the rest of squad have been pushed very hard in training this week with hill runs and fitness work.

But the manager said: "I’ve been delighted with the commitment. They are having four really tough sessions this week and they won’t see a ball until next Monday, but there have been no moans. The players know I want them super fit and that the work has to be put in; the attitude has been fantastic."